A Case of a 4-Year-Old Boy with a Mesenteric Chylous Cyst Infected with Histoplasma capsulatum

Vianney Kweyamba; Mirraim Apiyo; Biratu Olika; Olivia Kituuka

doi:10.1155/2016/4296059

Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2016)

A Case of a 4-Year-Old Boy with a Mesenteric Chylous Cyst Infected with Histoplasma capsulatum

Vianney Kweyamba,
Mirraim Apiyo,
Biratu Olika,
Olivia Kituuka

Affiliations

Vianney Kweyamba: Department of Surgery, Case Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Mirraim Apiyo: Department of Pediatrics, Case Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Biratu Olika: Gamma Path Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda
Olivia Kituuka: Department of Surgery, Case Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4296059
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2016

Abstract

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Mesenteric cysts are uncommon entities and chyle- (lymph-) containing cysts are the rarest of this group. This is a case report of a 4-year-old boy with a mesenteric chylous cyst who was later found to have Histoplasma capsulatum infection.

Published in Case Reports in Surgery

ISSN: 2090-6900 (Print); 2090-6919 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4629

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